Train-signal



A. CAPITAN.

TRAIN SIGNAL.

1,331,318. Q I Patented Feb. 17,1920.

8 w I f l u I I J [l 1 in-um 1 Tom A Uapzfan.

ARQUI'MEDES CAPIVIITAN, or DAVID, PANAMA.

TRAIN-SIGNAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Application filed September 9, 1916. Serial No. 119,323.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatL .An UiMnnns GAPITAN,

a citizen of the Republic of Chile, residing at David, in the Province of Chiriqui and Republic of Panama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in T rain- Signals; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in train signals and the principal object of the inventon is to provide a signal to'the engineer of the locomotive should the train run by a semaphore set at danger.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which will be operated upon the passing of a train by a semaphore signal to ring a signaling bellor operate the brake setting mechanism and the like.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device containing improvements Over the device illustrated in my copending application filed March 8, 1916, Serial No. 82,882.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates the device as it would appear applied to a locomotive and set ready 2 for operation, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the apparatus showing the wiring diagram for operating a bell or similar signal.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates a locomotive of the ordinary structure while the numeral 2 designates the standard of a semaphore signal. The semaphore arm 8 is pivoted to the standard in the ordinary manner and is provided with the blade 4 which extends outwardly from the end of said arm so that when the arm moves to danger position the blade will-lie in the path of the mechanism carried by the locomotive.

The locomotive attachment consists of a standard or supporting arm 5 which projects outwardly from the cab of the locomotive and supports at its outer end a substantially U-shaped support including a vertical bar 6 provided at its upper and lower erminals with the outwardly extending arms 7 and 8. The arm 7 is provided at its outer end with a suitable eye 9 while the arm 8 is provided with a groove 10 in its under side which groove is curved as at 11 to form guide for the operating cord of the device. A bolt 12 is slidably mounted in an opening 13 formed in the side of the path of the locomotive and a suitable sleeve 14 is secured to the inner side of the cab around the opening 13 as clearly illustrated in the drawing. The bolt 12 is provided at its outer end with the eye 15 while the inner end carries the head 16 and a suitable compression coil spring 17 surrounds the bolt and abuts the inner side of the head 16 and the inner side of the wall of the cab. It will thus be seen that the bolt will tend to move inwardly under the influence of the spring 17. A suitable arm 18 is carried by the bolt and provided with the upturned finger 19 for engagement against the contact spring 20 so that upon inward movement of the bolt the said spring will move into contact with the contact finger 21 so as to complete an electric circuit through any suitable signaling means or through a suitable mechanism for operating the train control devices. In order to hold the bolt outwardly so that the spring 20 will not engage the finger 21 a suitable core or flexible member 22 is provided and one end thereof is attached to the eye 9 while the opposite end passes through the curved portion 11 and groove 10 and is connected as illustrated in the drawing to the eye 15.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the device is connected in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1 and the cord or flexible member 22 is of such a length as to hold the bolt outwardly against the compression of the spring 17 so that the spring 20 will disengage the contact finger 21. lVhen the train runs by a signal it will be evident that the cord will be cut by the blade at and the bolt will move inwardly under the influence of the spring 17 to move the spring 20 into engagement with the finger 21 and thereby complete an electric signaling circuit or any other suitable train carried signaling means.

hile in the foregoing there has-been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combipended claim.

nation and arrangement of part sas Will fall Within the spirit and scope of the ap- What is claimed is-: V

The combination with a vehicle including a Wall, of a bracket connected with theo'uter face of the all and having outwardly 8X} tending arms; one of the arms being pro vided With a longitudinally extending groove, a plunger extending through an openillgifOlHlGCl in the wall and provided With an enlarged head at itsinner end, a spring posit-ione'd aboutthe plunger betWeenthe-hcad an'd'wall' toyieldably, retainthe' plunger in a 'normalp'osition, a' circuit closerhaving contact arms, oneof the arms being connected end portion ofthe plunger and'extending tlii oligli 'the rab-ve and carried across the space between the arms of said bracket and connected wlth the second arm, said line re-' taining the plunger in a set position against the-actioniof the spring to retainth'e; art'riso'f the circuit closer out of engagement until the line isbroken;

In testimony whereof I' affix my signature in presence oftWo itnesses. r

o. ARQUiMEDES OAPI-TAN. Witnessesi 1, Q

SyPRISEO, Jen. J; PETEI'I'. 

